hmm, you guys took this in a different direction that i meant... i was pleased that the RM had come up with female-targeted feminist literature and clearly found it at least as entertaining as Calvin & Hobbes.

No, it's definitely my book--like Aerin, I have a mixed relationship with Jessica Valenti and wanted to make sure I'd read all her stuff so I could have an informed opinion about her take and what kind of feminism sells these days. I blazed through the book, though, and put it on some far-off shelf. I have no idea where he dug it out of, or why it caught his fancy. But I was really pleased it did.

My sons (like their parents) love Calvin and Hobbes and I'm constantly removing it from their bathroom. My little one likes to tell the story where C and H are fascinated by putting bread in the toaster and getting back toast. "Where did the bread go?" gets a giggle out of him every time.

I feel that the title The Essential Calvin and Hobbes is kind of a non sequitur. All Calvin and Hobbes is essential. Extra points to Watterson for not endorsing C & H spinoff crappola and quitting when he ran out of ideas. If only the rest of the world would follow after . . .